We are the champions We are the champions, my friends No time for losers And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end 'Cause we are the champions of the world I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime

It went from a spark to an open flame Now destiny's calling out your name Under the lights on the high stage A part of your life it can take away Just like the blood running through your veins Everyone's watching through your eyes There's only two

We are the champions We are the champions, my friends And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions of the world I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime

We are the champions We are the champions, my friends No time for losers And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end 'Cause we are the champions of the world I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime

We are the champions We are the champions my friends No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions (And we mean to go on and on and on and on) Of the world And we'll keep on fighting till the end I've paid my dues Time after time

Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees a bartender